Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Mukund Sasikumar will face off in the 1st round of the Cali Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:30 pm on CANCHA 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Santiago Rodriguez Taverna who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna is the pick to win this match.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 1.2
Mukund Sasikumar -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. Mukund Sasikumar
This will be the 2nd time that Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Mukund Sasikumar square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rodriguez Taverna (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Rodriguez Taverna won 7-6(6) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Egypt F39.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-33 | 4-4 | 28-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-35 | 7-7 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 0-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 67-26 | 40-16 | 26-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 253, Santiago will start his run in the Cali Challenger after he played his last match in the Vicenza Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Passaro in the quarter on the 2nd of June.
Rodriguez Taverna has a composed 20-14 win-loss record in 2023, 18-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Rodriguez Taverna’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Tucuman and the Barletta Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Santiago has an overall 236-151 record. He has a positive 173-110 record on clay.
Previously in the Cali Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-33 | 39-32 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 21-25 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-35 | 33-21 | 6-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 25-24 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-9 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 381, the Indian will start his run in the Cali Challenger after he played his last match in the Tyler Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Walton in the qualifications on the 5th of June.
Kumar Mukund has an overall 14-16 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Sasi’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Lucknow.
In terms of his career, Sasi has an overall 316-269 record. He has a negative 55-60 record on clay.
Previously in the Cali Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
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